Comparison

Hive vs Tint Lens

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Hive

This app helps designers, creators, and innovators organize and manage all their creative assets in one place. It offers smart photo organization, an integrated video player, and multiple ways to save inspirations, streamlining your creative process. Effortlessly sort, categorize, and find your ideas with advanced filtering and search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Organize creative assets
  • Smart photo organizer
  • Integrated video player
  • Multiple save methods
  • Web capture
  • Multi-level folder system
  • Advanced search and filter
Features
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Hive is a private visual reference library for designers, illustrators, photographers, and creative teams. Save references the moment you find them—Share Sheet, clipboard, Safari, and links—then keep images, video, and files in one library you actually control. No feed. No tracking theater. Just a calm place to store and reopen what you need. Organize for real work • Folders, tags, filters, and search built for reference retrieval • Smart Folders to surface the set you need for a project • Mixed media in one place: images, video, links, and files Built for mobile creative workflows • Fast capture on iPhone and iPad • Browse and reuse references on the go • Works with an Eagle-compatible library workflow on mobile Privacy by default • Your library stays yours Hive is for people who already collect inspiration in Pinterest, moodboards, or Eagle on the desktop—and need a private, organized library on iOS. Download Hive and turn scattered references into a library you can find again. Privacy Policy: https://hive.ink/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tint Lens

Features
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Tint Lens is a colour picker that allows you to extract colours from a picture. Whether you're a designer matching brand colours, an artist seeking inspiration, or a homeowner picking paint colours, Tint Lens gives you precise colour information instantly. TWO EXTRACTING COLOR MODES 1. Picker Mode > Point and sample any colour with precision 2. Palette Mode > Automatically extract the 6 dominant colours from any image. Adjust from 3 to 12 colors to capture the perfect palette ALL COLOUR DATA • HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and Lab values • Closest matching paint colour based on different sources • Colour names • RAL colour standard matching DESIGNED FOR EASE • Capture photos directly or import from your library • Tap any colour value to copy it instantly • Works offline - no internet required • Supports 11 languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), Hindi, French, Spanish, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Russian, German, Japanese

Screenshots

Hive4 screens
Tint Lens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tint Lens at none against Hive's 3. Tint Lens also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 18.0). Hive's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 days). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hive sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Tint Lens asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hive ships an update every 4 days, Tint Lens every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hive versus Tint Lens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiveTint Lens
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (37 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size177 MB20 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer易泓 刘Justin Albinet

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hive

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annually7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$39.99
None

Tint Lens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hive free?
Hive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tint Lens free?
Tint Lens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hive or Tint Lens have ads?
Neither Hive nor Tint Lens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hive or Tint Lens?
Hive ships an update every 4 days, and Tint Lens every 8 days. Most recently, Hive was updated on October 30, 2026 and Tint Lens on October 28, 2026.

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